@MajorRage oh I can understand that, it was definitely his best game in aaaaages. Best AB though? Not by a long shot for me.

@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:

@taniwharugby said in TV Serieseseses:

@mariner4life I watched ep5 last night...Some superb dialogue, with a seriously cringey ending.

no spoilers, but good cringy?

Urban's accent is cracking me up! Ever 2nd word is just flat kiwi

It's all over the show! Strewth cuz innit!

@canefan said in World Cup all time AB team:

@Duluth said in World Cup all time AB team:

@jegga said in World Cup all time AB team:

I do love the story about Wayne Bennett being invited to talk to the 2007 rwc squad after the loss and tearing into the coaches about playing people out of position.

Good thing we've learnt our lesson. Imagine moving one of our best players on the eve of a rwc??

In 2011 we played a midfielder on the wing in a winning effort

Not to mention a flanker at hooker and an 8 at halfback.

2015 we had a fullback on the wing.

@sparky said in MOTM vs Australia, Bledisloe II 2019:

@Bones SBW did a job I'm not sure Laumape or ALB could do. He acted as an extra backrow player at times and then showed a high-quality passing game at others.

Crotty for me is the AB's best 12 but I can see why Hansen and co persist with SBW. On evenings like Saturday he can be a vital cog in a high-quality team performance..

I guess I simply didn't notice this.

@sparky yeah that's the feeling I'm getting - the votes thrown his way seem to be more aimed at the fact he looked adequate and didn't shit the bed. To me he was one of the more ordinary players on the park and made some errors, but was comparatively good when compared to SBW previously.

@Higgins said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:

@Bones said in 2020 All Blacks Squad:

@cgrant James Blackwell is VG at lock in the NPC.

He goes ok for Petone as well if that is a further endorsement.

Well in that case, Cam Incledon strikes me as a bloody good utility for the RWC squad.

Ok, so those voting for SBW - what was it that swayed you?

@booboo I was guessing at Mr Paul.

@Billy-Webb said in World Cup all time AB team:

@reprobate said in World Cup all time AB team:

michael jones was more dominant/influential in '87 than pretty much any other player i've seen.

and Josh Kronfeldt in 95 was an absolute machine too.
Remember him being on Lomu's shoulder to receive the scoring pass so many times once about 8 blokes had managed to hold the big guy up just short of scoring himself.

Oh I see what you're doing there....you mean Josua van Kronveldt?

@Higgins said in All Blacks vs Tonga:

@pakman said in All Blacks vs Tonga:

@Stargazer said in All Blacks vs Tonga:

@pukunui Yep, South Africa plays Japan in Japan in the same weekend we play Tonga.

Tough game for them!

The Japs going for two in a row against them!

Japs verses Jaaps. Interesting stuff.